Using Soft Water for watercooling

[LeinaWaffles]

Does it lower the temperature if i change my AIO Coolant to soft water? I've been getting terrible results with my TD02-RGB AIO Cooler showing temps above 70C and i just bought it yesterday. I was getting around 70-74C when i was using my CryoRig M9 Heatsink.

[LeinaWaffles]

Just now, CringeFire said:

Does it lower the temperature if i change my AIO Coolant to soft water? I've been getting terrible results with my TD02-RGB AIO Cooler showing temps above 70C and i just bought it yesterday. I was getting around 70-74C when i was using my CryoRig M9 Heatsink.

I really need help.

[JohnDongus]

What are you cooling with it and how hot is your ambient 

[bowrilla]

You can't really refill an AiO (they're not designed for that) and what are you expecting? AiOs are not better concerning cooling performance compared to high end air coolers.

[Origami Cactus]

Are these parts up to date?

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• CPU
  I5 4670k
• Motherboard
  MSI Z87-G45
• RAM
  8GB Kingston 4x2
• GPU
  Asus GTX 970 4GB & Zotac GTX 750TI 2GB
• Case
  Tecware Edge
• Storage
  Goldfir 240GB SSD and Seagate 1TB HDD
• Display(s)
  Dell 24" 60Hz [Overclocked to 67Hz]
• Cooling
  Cryorig M9
• Sound
  Valore Stero Surround Sound 7.1
• Operating System
  Windows 10 Home and Pro 64-bit

Because a i5 4670k shouldn't go up to 70c with a 240mm radiator, unless extremely overclocked or something.

But whatever the problem (mounting error, or something) chaning the AIO liquid wont do anything.

 

[LeinaWaffles]

19 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

Are these parts up to date?

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• CPU
  I5 4670k 
• Motherboard
  MSI Z87-G45
• RAM
  8GB Kingston 4x2
• GPU
  Asus GTX 970 4GB & Zotac GTX 750TI 2GB
• Case
  Tecware Edge
• Storage
  Goldfir 240GB SSD and Seagate 1TB HDD
• Display(s)
  Dell 24" 60Hz [Overclocked to 67Hz]
• Cooling
  Cryorig M9
• Sound
  Valore Stero Surround Sound 7.1
• Operating System
  Windows 10 Home and Pro 64-bit

Because a i5 4670k shouldn't go up to 70c with a 240mm radiator, unless extremely overclocked or something.

But whatever the problem (mounting error, or something) chaning the AIO liquid wont do anything.

 

My cpu is currently overclocked to 4.40Ghz at 1.300 volts. 

[LeinaWaffles]

28 minutes ago, JohnDongus said:

What are you cooling with it and how hot is your ambient 

Silverstone TD02-RGB

[LeinaWaffles]

22 minutes ago, Origami Cactus said:

Are these parts up to date?

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• CPU
  I5 4670k 
• Motherboard
  MSI Z87-G45
• RAM
  8GB Kingston 4x2
• GPU
  Asus GTX 970 4GB & Zotac GTX 750TI 2GB
• Case
  Tecware Edge
• Storage
  Goldfir 240GB SSD and Seagate 1TB HDD
• Display(s)
  Dell 24" 60Hz [Overclocked to 67Hz]
• Cooling
  Cryorig M9
• Sound
  Valore Stero Surround Sound 7.1
• Operating System
  Windows 10 Home and Pro 64-bit

Because a i5 4670k shouldn't go up to 70c with a 240mm radiator, unless extremely overclocked or something.

But whatever the problem (mounting error, or something) chaning the AIO liquid wont do anything.

 

Yes, All of the drivers for each components are up to date.

[JohnDongus]

1 hour ago, CringeFire said:

Silverstone TD02-RGB

That wasn't what I asked lol

[Origami Cactus]

1 hour ago, CringeFire said:

My cpu is currently overclocked to 4.40Ghz at 1.300 volts. 

Try remounting the cooler and reapplying thermalpaste.

[AngryBeaver]

2 hours ago, CringeFire said:

My cpu is currently overclocked to 4.40Ghz at 1.300 volts. 

1.3v for 4.4ghz? If so you lost the silicon lottery. That voltage is pretty high for that clock. Could be some of your issue.

[LogicalDrm]

16 hours ago, CringeFire said:

My cpu is currently overclocked to 4.40Ghz at 1.300 volts. 

And the volts are same for M9i? What test are you using to get the results? If you are saying you get under 70C now and 74C with M9i, thats already 4C drop. Not as big as it should, but still.

 

E: Thinking about original question. The coolant used in tubes isn't pure water. Its mixture of pure water and anti-corrosive liquids. I don't know chemistry that well to say if soft water would have any advantages, but I doubt it, knowing how pure water is made.

[LeinaWaffles]

14 hours ago, AngryBeaver said:

1.3v for 4.4ghz? If so you lost the silicon lottery. That voltage is pretty high for that clock. Could be some of your issue.

i also can set it to 1.1v at 4.4ghz

[JabroniBaloney]

1 hour ago, CringeFire said:

i also can set it to 1.1v at 4.4ghz

Great. Leave it at that.

[AngryBeaver]

2 hours ago, CringeFire said:

i also can set it to 1.1v at 4.4ghz

If it is stable at 1.1v for that clock then 100% do that. The goal is to use the least amount of voltage of you can at a given clock. I am guessing your temps will drop 10-20C from that change alone.

[bowrilla]

3 hours ago, CringeFire said:

i also can set it to 1.1v at 4.4ghz

How did you determine the voltage you need? Just eyeballing? Why would you put more voltage on your CPU than neccessary? Once it's stable there's no point in increasing VCore.